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Former porn star Sasha Grey wants to continue her involvement with Read Across America.

The song is the sixth single off of Teenage Dream.

NASA is preparing to launch its largest and most advanced Mars rover at the end of the month. It will spend nearly two years examining areas of the Red Planet.

The 20-year-old who accused Justin Bieber of fathering her three-month-old son recently sat down with Kevin Frazier of CBS' The Insider to discuss the ongoing saga.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg led the festivities at the grand opening celebration of the new $25 million facility, educating attendees about the rich history of the Navy Yard along the way. The event was also a chance for the mayor to showcase the launch of a new employment center there that will help place 300 local residents, veterans and other workers in industrial and tech jobs at the yard.

All but two of 39 Occupy Wall Street movement protesters arrested at the University of California, Berkeley were cited and released, a police spokeswoman said on Thursday.

FBR Capital Markets raised its profit estimates of Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA), after the graphics chip maker reported solid third-quarter results that came in above Wall Street expectations.

The Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Chicago's O'Hare International Airport (ORD) and the Orlando International (MCO) will be the nation's busiest airports during the Thanksgiving season.

The number of people who filed for unemployment benefits dropped to 390,000 in the week ending November 5, down 10,000 from the week before, which the lowest level since April.

Nvidia Corp's third-quarter results beat estimates as the chipmaker refocused on smartphones and tablets in a tepid personal computer market, although its revenue forecast was a bit lower than expected.

With the cost to local businesses rising, Oakland, California's city leaders have had enough.

After 13 years together, Maggy Porter and Arlene Bronfman began to talk last June about marriage when New York State passed its Marriage Equality Act.

California's revenue in October came in $810.5 million below its projected level in the state budget, increasing pressure on its leaders to impose more spending cuts to keep the state's books balanced, the state controller said on Thursday.

Though Rockstar games has kept fairly tight-lipped about Grand Theft Auto V since it debuted a trailer of the game, rumors and leaks about it have floated steadily onto the Internet.

On Wednesday, Uptake unveiled its new Q&A app that mines Facebook to connect you with friends who may have the inside scoop on a destination.

Impoverished children with severe pneumonia fare better with in-home care than more common hospital referrals, according to a study released Thursday, a potential policy game-changer.

U.S. oil and gas major Chevron Corp. said an oil leak off the coast of Brazil near its Frade field does not appear to be caused by the company's production activities in the area.

Starbucks Corp. said it plans to open a health and wellness-focused chain next year after its acquisition of Evolution Fresh, a California-based premium juice maker, for $30 million.

Senate Republicans say repealing the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) would force states to recognize legal, out-of-state, same-sex marriages

U.S. foreclosure filings increased by 7 percent in October to a seven-month high, according to data from RealtyTrac.

The number of people filing for state unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level since the first week of April, government data showed on Thursday. The Labor Department says new claims fell by 10,000 to 390,000 in the week ended Nov.5, registering below 400,000 for the second straight week.